I don't know. But when I passed Hack's loss percentages by a friend of mine
who does a lot of work with Davey Jr., here in the North Country in NY, he
had heard that they, Hackenberg's, were down to 300 hives. Which is what I
had also heard about his nephew, Jim Doan. That Jim is down to about 300.
Jim had tried to buy some hives from a guy from OH or IN financing them on
what he was going to make on them on almonds after splitting them in FL.
But that deal fell through and someone else is buying them. Bill Crawford,
I believe.

Hack and Doan spend an awful lot of time managing the system instead of
their hives. I guess that's what keeps them going. I don't know whether to
admire them or look on them critically. So mostly I keep my mouth shut
about what I think I know. And I certainly don't think that someone, Jim
Doan, who can't keep his hives alive should be sitting on advisory
committees. But that's another subject.

MarkB

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Charles Linder <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I am curious  a friend sent me the hack story in email then called me in a
> panic.  In talking to him I realize he failed to read that brent Adee's
> losses were from 2007   and this writer was dredging up past issues.
>
> How many caught that  and how many overlooked it??
>
> Charles
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